梁启超与中国现代法学的兴起

Liang- Qichao and the Rise of Modern Jurisprudence in China

梁启超于1896年开始倡导、推进的"法学"或"法律之学",旨在提升中国与世界的文明程度,这样的法学或法律之学与传统中国的律学或刑名法术之学,具有本质的差异,代表了一种全新的法学世界观,标志着一种新法学的兴起。梁启超的新法学既没有菲薄中国传统,也不排斥西方新知,既着眼于发明西方的法律之学,也着眼于发明中国传统的法律之学。梁启超的新法学既阐述了新的法学世界观,也确立了新的法学范畴,不仅造就了法学人才,还为中国现代法学的发展提供了持续的动力,因而产生了其他法学家难以比拟的影响。鉴于梁启超对中国现代法学的开创性贡献,可以把梁启超视为中国现代法学的主要奠基人。梁启超写出了中国现代法学史的第一章,他的新法学标志着中国现代法学的兴起。

In 1896, Liang-qichao advocated the jurisprudence in China, aiming to promote the civiliza- tion of China. Such kind of jurisprudence, which has essential differences from the knowledge of law in the traditional China＇ s, represents a new knowledge of law, and marks the rise of a new jurisprudence in China. Liang - qichao＇ s new jurisprudence neither despise Chinese tradition, nor reject western new knowledge. It focuses on the invention of western legal education and the invention of the knowledge of laws in the Chinese tradition. Liang - qichao＇ s new jurisprudence already elaborated the new world of law, and established a new category of law, not only making the talents of jurisprudence, but also providing the continuous motivation for the development of Chinese modem jurisprudence. In view of Liang - qichao＇ s pioneering contribution to mod- em Chinese jurisprudence, Liang - qichao can be regarded as the main founder of modem jurisprudence in China. Liang - qichao wrote the first chapter of the history of modem Chinese jurisprudence, and his new ju- risprudence marks the rise of modem jurisprudence in China.